David L. Morril

David Lawrence Morril (10 June 1772-28 January 1849) was a US Senator from New Hampshire from 4 March 1817 to 3 March 1823 (succeeding Thomas W. Thompson and preceding Samuel Bell) and Governor from 3 June 1824 to 7 June 1827 (succeeding Levi Woodbury and preceding Benjamin Pierce). He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
David Lawrence Morril was born in Epping, New Hampshire in 1772, and he worked as a clergyman before entering state politics as a member of the State House from 1808 to 1816. He then served in the US Senate from 1817 to 1823 and as Governor from 1824 to 1827, and he died in 1849.